Alpha House Season 1 DVD is inspired by several actual Democratic congressmen who share a row house in D.C.: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Representative George Miller (D-CA).The series has a number of cameos from celebrities such as Bill Murray (as Senator Vernon Smits) and politicians such as Schumer as himself. Amazon Studios offered the first three episodes of Alpha House for free,Alpha House Season 1 with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter for Amazon Prime members on Amazon Instant Video.